Sunday, 25 May 2008

If you're into giant pandas, then Chinese artist Zhang Qikai is the man for you. He portrays them with a mixture of humour and sadness in surreal settings, such as the trigger guard of a revolver or dangling from a bunch of grapes. Twenty of his latest panda paintings will be on display at Marlborough Fine Art, London, from 29 May until 21 June. Click the title link to view 16 of them online. Their quality is excellent and their surrealist social comment makes a refreshing change. This will be Zhang Qikai's first UK exhibition.